relief

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When they finally meet up in the elevator, they look like they can’t believe it themselves, and you feel almost stupid with relief.

WHAT FLOOR?SOPHIA NGUYENFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Vance saw a pre-screening of the film and expressed relief that people wouldn’t see those scenes.

THE VERY REAL, VERY PAINFUL REASONS THE AUTISTIC COMMUNITY DEMANDED TWO RESTRAINT SCENES BE REMOVED FROM SIA’S NEW FILM ‘MUSIC’THERESA VARGASFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POST

If you’re an athlete, you can use them for additional relief on sore muscles.

BEST HAND WARMERS: BLOCK THE CHILL DURING YOUR FAVORITE WINTER ACTIVITIESPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 10, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE

As arguments about the size and scope of covid relief demonstrate, political debate alone does not pose an existential threat to the Republic.

WANT UNITY FOR REAL? THEN AMERICA NEEDS TO GET BACK TO FACTSSAMAR ALI, BILL HASLAM AND JON MEACHAMFEBRUARY 8, 2021TIME

Both executives expressed relief that the merger with Outbrain fell through last year.

PUBLISHERS WORRY TABOOLA’S SPAC FUNDING COULD MAKE THEM MORE DEPENDENT ON ITS AD REVENUESARA GUAGLIONEFEBRUARY 8, 2021DIGIDAY

After mentoring the physician Marie Zakrzewska, who joined them at the New York Infirmary, they subsequently expressed relief when she departed for Boston.

DETERMINED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE, TWO SISTERS DEFIED CONVENTIONSJANET GOLDENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

He informed his playing partners that the ball had become embedded amid wet conditions at Torrey Pines and, given that no one there had seen the ball bounce beforehand, McIlroy took relief and played his approach shot from a different lie.

RORY MCILROY, PATRICK REED SITUATIONS NOW APPEAR VERY DIFFERENT WITH NEW INFORMATION FROM PGA TOURDES BIELERFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Just hours before Hogan’s speech, the Senate moved an amended version of the relief bill, which is expected to be taken up later this week for a final vote.

HOGAN URGES RESILIENCE IN STATE OF STATE SPEECH, WARNS OF GRIM VACCINATION TIMELINEERIN COX, OVETTA WIGGINSFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The greatest threat to the American economy won’t come from a government that fails to go big on the next coronavirus relief package.

BATTLE OVER $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE IS AS MUCH ABOUT POLITICAL OPTICS AS ECONOMIC NECESSITYSTEVEN PEARLSTEINFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The city said it spent $34 million to make buildings safer, with much of that coming from federal relief funding.

AFTER MONTHS OF PLANNING, PROTESTS AND FALSE STARTS, D.C. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HEAD TO CLASSES FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A YEARPERRY STEIN, LAUREN LUMPKIN, JOE HEIM, LAURA MECKLERFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST

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